Jon Thaler

 

Office hours:

I am usually in my office (427 Loomis). Feel free to stop by any time.
You might want to phone (333-8174) or email (jjt@uiuc.edu) me before making a trip across campus.

Teaching:

Numerical, not chronological, order.
Some of the old web pages are gone. If so, you'll see versions from later semesters.
Physics 100: Thinking About Physics
Physics 113: Introductory Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
Physics 114: Introductory Quantum Mechanics
Physics 223: Honors Quantum Mechanics & Statistical Physics
Physics/Philosophy 319: Space, Time, and Matter
Physics 435: Intermediate Electricity & Magnetism I
Physics 436: Intermediate Electricity & Magnetism II
Physics 486: Intermediate Quantum Mechanics I
Physics 487: Intermediate Quantum Mechanics II
Physics 580: Graduate Quantum Mechanics I
Physics 581: Graduate Quantum Mechanics II

Research:

Astronomy:
The Dark Energy Survey at CTIO (La Serena, Chile).
Our Fermilab collaborators' web site.
The science case for the DES.

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST).
The science case for the LSST (9 MB, in ps.gz format).

Particle Physics:
Experimental Particle Physics on the
CLEO experiment at Cornell University.
Lattice, a C++ bookkeeping tool

Talks:

BCP3 (Taiwan): Review of B semileptonic physics: HTML, PDF.
CHEP 2000: Status of CLEO-3 tracking: Talk, paper.
DPF 2000: Heavy flavors review: HTML, Powerpoint, PDF.
ACAT 2000: CLEO software: Powerpoint.
Saturday Science public lecture (2001) "Science - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" HTML
Seminar (2004) on DES and LSST projects Powerpoint.
Public talk (2005) "Is Progressive Creationism Science?" Powerpoint, PDF(2.5 MB)
REU 2007 "Cosmology at UIUC" (for undergraduates) Powerpoint, PDF
Saturday Science public lecture (2007) "Fire & Ice: the Fate of the Universe" Powerpoint (8 MB)

Family:

Alex
Ben
Jenny
Inga

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